Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European share indexes closed steady in thin trade as persistently high crude prices lifted oil companies, offsetting some weakness in the telecom sector following the sale of a large stake in Deutsche Telekom.
Deutsche Telekom closed down 1.3 percent at 15.03 euros after the German government sold a 6.3 percent stake in the telecoms operator for up to 4.5 billion euros.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4017.82 points, up 2.28 or 0.06 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3727.64 points, down 10.23 or 0.27 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5474.7 points, down 29 or 0.53 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 21593 points, up 3 or 0.01 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares defied a weaker Wall Street to rise 0.52 percent as investors speculated the election win by the centre-right coalition would lead to the sale of taxpayers' stake in Telstra Corp.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 19 points at 3,705.8, defying Wall Street's fall on Friday after oil prices climbed above a $53 a barrel and sluggish US jobs growth raised concerns about the strength of the world's biggest economy.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Gold miners dragged down the South African stock exchange as the rand gained ground amid diminishing prospects for an interest rate cut, but banks bucked the trend.
The All-share index closed at 12063.11 points, down 52.25 or 0.43 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2156.36 points, down 57.41 or 2.59 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 8367.7 points, down 20.89 or 0.25 percent.
TOKYO STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Tokyo stock market was closed today for the Health and Sports Day national holiday. Trading resumes on Tuesday. On Friday, the Nikkei average finished 0.05 percent or 5.24 points lower at 11,349.35.